Attitudes and referral practices of maternity care professionals with regard to complementary and alternative medicine: An integrative review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 472-483

  Adams, Jon ^a,e   Lui, Chi Wai ^a,e   Sibbritt, David ^b,e   Broom, Alex ^c,e   Wardle, Jon ^a,e   Homer, Caroline ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NORPHCAM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Complementary therapies; Healthcare personnel; Literature review; Midwifery; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79951518986     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05510.x     Document Type: Review

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